Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 252

The Village Stadium is a small stadium, which can only accommodate 16,000 people.

However, the number of fans present today must have exceeded 16,000. The crowd was so dense that some were standing and some were sitting.

How could it be the 15,790 people written on the big screen?

This is also one of the reasons why the small team was so ecstatic to draw a giant team in the cup game, after all, they can sell tickets at a higher price!

Another reason is that they can communicate face to face with their favorite stars!

Isn't it casual to take photos and sign autographs?

Chen Chen did not start today. He appeared on the bench wrapped in a thick coat with the Manchester City logo.

Chen Chen's appearance caused a sensation among the fans at the scene. After all, for them, Chen Chen is a player that they often see on TV. He is a star who wins glory for the England national team!

So, the Swindon fans who were still singing the cheering song slowly stopped, and the Swindon fans behind the visiting team's bench began to ask Chen Chen to sign and take photos with them at the top of their lungs!

Chen Chen heard the cheers of the fans behind him, and he stood up and waved to the back.

Signing is impossible now, but it is possible after the game.

However, what Chen Chen did not expect was that several security personnel took advantage of their positions to sneak over, then took out jerseys and asked Chen Chen to sign and take photos.

The assistant coach who came near stopped them.

Chen Chen did not drive them away, but stood up and took a few photos with them.

He did not sign.

This is not to say that Chen Chen is a big shot, but mainly because who knows if they are autograph dealers. Once these jerseys are sold, other people will follow suit. What about the safety of the players?

The Swindon stadium manager who was in charge of security for this game not far away saw what happened on the Manchester City bench and immediately ran over to take the people away. At the same time, he kept apologizing to Chen Chen.

At the end of the sight of these security personnel walking into the player's tunnel, Chen Chen saw the stadium manager kicking each of them.

Strictly speaking, this is indeed a security negligence, and Swindon will definitely be punished.

There is nothing we can do about it, because Chen Chen is so charming now.

Soon, the starting players of both sides walked out of the player tunnel.

It is worth mentioning that Swindon's jersey sponsor is also Puma, so for this game, Puma wrote on its official website,

[Swindon vs. Manchester City, who is the best team signed by Puma?]

Of course, there is no point in discussing this issue, Manchester City must be the best team under Puma.

So why did Puma say that?

It is mainly to promote itself.

Look, how well "our Puma" has done in terms of market depth, from Premier League giants to professional league entry-level teams, there are our Puma! Hurry up and buy our big brand Puma!

The result of this game is no suspense.

Manchester City set the outcome of the game at the beginning.

Less than three minutes into the game, Palmer, the starting right winger, yes, Palmer appeared in the right winger position today.

Palmer's spiritual long shot helped Manchester City score the first goal!

Chen Chen, who was on the bench, immediately stood up and applauded Palmer.

Chen Chen was very happy to see Palmer's steady growth, because the relationship between the two of them was not a competitive relationship, but a win-win relationship.

Why?

That's because Chen Chen didn't think Palmer could pry his starting position, but B 席 and Gravenberch needed to panic a little.

In addition, Palmer's growth is also good for the England national team. At that time, there will be someone in this midfield position to help Chen Chen share more pressure.

Soon the game came to the 17th minute.

Swindon, who had defended for more than ten minutes, lost the ball again.

Alvarez showed the strength of the River Plate prince and the rising star of the Argentine Super League!

He dribbled the ball alone to deceive two defensive players of the opponent, and then broke into the small penalty area and pushed the ball into the net!

Swindon's players had no time to defend!

Jesus on the sidelines was stunned.

When the train of time slowly passed the village stadium, the 25-year-old Jesus looked at the 20-year-old Alvarez on the field. The former South American rising star and Palmeiras genius remembered what he looked like when he was 20 years old.

He was so high-spirited at that time!

But now, the Brazilian striker can only sit on the bench.

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu in the studio couldn't help expressing their surprise.

In the last game, the little spider only came on as a substitute, and nothing could be seen.

Today Alvarez started the game, and he looked very spiritual with one move and one dunk!

The more than 20 million spent was worth it!

Then the two mentioned the interesting relationship between Manchester United and Alvarez.things.

Before the Spider had not yet completely finalized his joining Manchester City, some media reported that Manchester United had a chance to intercept him, just like they intercepted Ronaldo in the summer transfer window.

But Old Trafford obviously couldn't do what they wanted.

Because their salary structure is almost at the top, the Red Devils do not have the right salary space to sign Alvarez.

At the same time that Alvarez's transfer to Manchester City was completed, the Spanish newspaper "AS" raised doubts.

They said that Manchester United should sign midfielders instead of strikers, and they believed that this was a good play directed and performed by Spider's agent Hidalgo.

The purpose is to stimulate Manchester City to complete all transfer procedures as soon as possible.

As for whether it is true or not? That's not sure.

Later, Zhan and Zhang talked about Gravenberch.

The Dutchman is an all-around midfielder. He is best at central midfielder and defensive midfielder. In this game, Gravenberch partnered with Gundogan in the defensive midfielder position.

The Dutch international spent 17.5 million euros with Manchester City, and with the floating amount, it almost reached the 20 million euro threshold.

In the original timeline, Gravenberch would first join Bayern, and then transfer to Liverpool for 40 million euros.

Now in this timeline, Gravenberch was directly intercepted by the Blue Moon.

So, Chen Chen should not apologize to Klopp, but should apologize to Nagelsmann first.

Gravenberch's performance is definitely not as eye-catching as Spider-Man, after all, one is a striker and the other is a midfielder.

Forwards focus on scoring goals, and midfielders focus on solid defense.

In this game, Gravenberch's focus is on defense. He doesn't want to let his debut have small flaws because of unnecessary mistakes.

At the village stadium, the game continues.

In the 37th minute, Palmer broke through and made a penalty.

Left winger Grealish took the penalty.

Today's cup game is also a rare opportunity for Shakespeare to play.

Because the competition between him and Sterling on the left is too intense!

When he joined Manchester City, Guardiola did not make any promises to him, including Chen Chen.

Now Chen Chen can sit in the starting lineup purely because he is strong enough to suppress Gundogan and B Silva.

This means that if B Silva wants to play now, he can only stand in a position he doesn't like.

For example, the previous right winger position.

Grealish did not disappoint everyone, and a precise shot hit the upper left corner.

The score came to Manchester City 3-0!